“I’m worried about all the festival-goers who bought tickets to see us this summer. In a post on social media, Cowboys Fringants member Marie-Annick Lépine said she was “uncomfortable” as some of the band’s shows were canceled due to the singer’s health. Karl Tremblay.
The Cowboys Fringants are expected at the International Hot Air Balloon this Thursday. Their concert was confirmed Tuesday by the organization and by the group. “We will be at the Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Hot Air Balloon Festival this Thursday, August 17! And we can’t wait to see you there! “, we read on the Facebook page of the Cowboys Fringants.
Their presence the next day at the Petite Nation en Fête festival, in Thurso, was however canceled. The group’s name is also still on the bill for the Festival de la Poutine de Drummondville at the end of the month.
The “mum of the group” and spouse of Karl Tremblay, Marie-Annick Lépine, explained in another Facebook post, a little earlier, the mutual importance between the festivals of Quebec and the group of which she has been a part “since l age of 16”. “I can’t remember how many times festival presenters came crying into our dressing rooms after our show. For what ? Because we had just saved their festival from bankruptcy. »
If the violinist and multi-instrumentalist had always insisted that the group’s presence in festivals be punctual and professional, if she has always maintained the relationship with the public by being “present for you”, she realizes today how point it was impossible to foresee the current circumstances.
“Eight months ago when festivals were added to our schedule, we couldn’t guess the future, it was hard for us at that time to assume the worst. »
The multi-instrumentalist made a point of giving a special mention to the workers of the health sector, while her spouse continues the treatments. “You are human, inspiring, hardworking and above all, competent! I admire you. »
“Hope is the only thing we have left,” she wrote in the conclusion of her message to Cowboys fans. The hope that a treatment will work and can give time and a good quality of life to my lover. We are all destabilized by the situation. »